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Chumnanvej S, Chumnanvej S, Tripathi S. Assessing the benefits of digital twins in neurosurgery: a systematic review. Neurosurg Rev 2024; 47:52. [PMID: 38236336 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-023-02260-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Digital twins are virtual replicas of their physical counterparts, and can assist in delivering personalized surgical care. This PRISMA guideline-based systematic review evaluates current literature addressing the effectiveness and role of digital twins in many stages of neurosurgical management. The aim of this review is to provide a high-quality analysis of relevant, randomized controlled trials and observational studies addressing the neurosurgical applicability of a variety of digital twin technologies. Using pre-specified criteria, we evaluated 25 randomized controlled trials and observational studies on the applications of digital twins, including navigation, robotics, and image-guided neurosurgeries. All 25 studies compared these technologies against usual surgical approaches. Risk of bias analyses using the Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized trials (Rob 2) found "low" risk of bias in the majority of studies (23/25). Overall, this systematic review shows that digital twin applications have the potential to be more effective than conventional neurosurgical approaches when applied to brain and spinal surgery. Moreover, the application of these novel technologies may also lead to fewer post-operative complications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sorayouth Chumnanvej
- Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Operating Room, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Neurology, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Li CR, Shen CC, Yang MY, Tsuei YS, Lee CH. Intraoperative Augmented Reality in Microsurgery for Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report and Literature Review. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13040653. [PMID: 37190618 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13040653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are lesions containing complex vessels with a lack of buffering capillary architecture which might result in hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs). Intraoperative navigation can improve resection rates and functional preservation in patients with lesions in eloquent areas, but current systems have limitations that can distract the operator. Augmented Reality (AR) surgical technology can reduce these distractions and provide real-time information regarding vascular morphology and location. METHODS In this case report, an adult patient was admitted to the emergency department after a fall, and diagnostic imaging revealed a Spetzler-Martin grade I AVM in the right parietal region with evidence of rupture. The patient underwent a stereotactic microsurgical resection with assistance from augmented reality technology, which allowed for a hologram of the angioarchitecture to be projected onto the cortical surface, aiding in the recognition of the angiographic anatomy during surgery. RESULTS The patient's postoperative recovery went smoothly. At 6-month follow-up, the patient had remained in stable condition, experiencing complete relief from his previous symptoms. The follow-up examination also revealed complete obliteration of the AVMs without any remaining pathological vascular structure. CONCLUSIONS AR-assisted microsurgery makes both the dissection and resection steps safer and more delicate. As several innovations are occurring in AR technology today, it is likely that this novel technique will be increasingly adopted in both surgical applications and education. Although certain limitations exist, this technique may still become more efficient and precise as this novel technology its continues to develop further.
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- Chi-Ruei Li
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
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Non-Angry Superficial Draining Veins: A New Technique in Identifying the Extent of Nidus Excision during Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Surgery. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13020366. [PMID: 36831909 PMCID: PMC9953802 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13020366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND As essential techniques, intraoperative indocyanine green video angiography (ICG-VA) and FLOW 800 have been widely used in microsurgery for arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). In the present report, we introduced a supplementary technical trick for judging the degree of lesion resection when there were superficial drainage veins. FLOW 800 analysis is used to verify our conjecture. METHODS A retrospective analysis of a 33 case cohort treated surgically from June 2020 to September 2022 was conducted and their lesions were removed by superficial drainage veins as a supplementary technical trick and analyzed with FLOW800. RESULTS In our 33 AVMs, the feeding artery was visualized earlier than the draining vein. Intraoperatively, the T1/2 peak and slope of the draining vein were significantly higher than that of the lesion. However, the maximum fluorescence intensity (MFI) of the draining vein decreased as the procedure progressed (p < 0.001). After reducing the blood flow to the nidus by progressive dissection of the feeding artery, the arteriovenous transit time (AVTT) decreased from 0.64 ± 0.47 s, was prolonged to 2.38 ± 0.52 (p < 0.001), and the MFI and slope of the nidus decreased from the pre-resection 435.42 ± 43.90 AI and 139.77 ± 27.55 AI/s, and decreased to 386.70 ± 48.17 AI and 116.12 ± 17.46 AI/s (p < 0.001). After resection of the nidus, the T1/2 peak of the draining vein increased from 21.42 ± 4.70 s, prolonged to after dissection of the blood feeding artery, 23.07 ± 5.29 s (p = 0.424), and after resection of the lesion, 25.13 ± 5.46 s (p = 0.016), with a slope from 135.79 ± 28.17 AI/s increased to 210.86 ± 59.67 AI/s (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS ICG-VA integrated with FLOW 800 is an available method for determining the velocity of superficial drainage veins. Whether the color of the superficial drainage veins on the cortical surface returns to normal can determine whether the lesion is completely resected and can reduce the possibility of residual postoperative lesions.
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Lu J, Zhao Y, Ma L, Chen Y, Li M, Ye X, Wang R, Chen X, Zhao Y. Multimodal neuronavigation-guided precision bypass in adult ischaemic patients with moyamoya disease: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e025566. [PMID: 30898819 PMCID: PMC6475208 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Revascularisation surgery is an important treatment of moyamoya disease (MMD). Several general methods of revascularisation had been used: direct, indirect and combined techniques. However, there had been no reports about the criteria of recipient arteries selection in bypass surgery for MMD. Surgeons usually choose the recipient arteries by their own experiences. Their choices of the recipient arteries are various and may contribute the different outcome of patients. The purpose is to identify utility and efficacy of precision bypass guided by multimodal neuronavigation of MMD in a prospective randomised controlled trial. METHOD AND ANALYSIS This study is a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial. This study will enrol a total of 100 eligible patients. These eligible patients will be randomised to the empirical bypass group and the multimodal neuronavigation-guided precision bypass group in a 1:1 ratio. Patient baseline characteristics and MMD characteristics will be described. In the multimodal neuronavigation-guided group, the blood velocity and blood flow of the recipient arteries will be identified. Surgical complications and outcomes at pretreatment, post-treatment, at discharge and at 3 month, 6 month, 12 month and end of trial will be analysed with CT perfusion, MRI, digital subtraction angiography, modified Rankin Scale, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale and modified Barthel Scale. This trial will determine whether multimodal neuronavigation-guided precision bypass is superior to empirical bypass in patients with MMD and identify the safety and efficacy of multimodal neuronavigation-guided precision bypass. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study protocol and written informed consent were reviewed and approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Peking University International Hospital. Study findings will be disseminated in the printed media. The study started in August, 2018 and expected to be completed in December, 2020. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03516851; Pre-results.
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- Junlin Lu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, PekingUniversity International Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, PekingUniversity International Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, PekingUniversity International Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, PekingUniversity International Hospital, Beijing, China
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Magnetic resonance angiography contrast enhancement and combined 3D visualization of cerebral vasculature and white matter pathways. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2018; 70:29-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2018.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shah KJ, Cohen-Gadol AA. The Application of FLOW 800 ICG Videoangiography Color Maps for Neurovascular Surgery and Intraoperative Decision Making. World Neurosurg 2018; 122:e186-e197. [PMID: 30292668 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography can assess cerebral blood flow, but results are primarily qualitative. FLOW 800 software measures fluorescence dynamics and creates a semiquantitative color delay map for assessment of relative sequence of blood flow within the vasculature. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 23 consecutive patients for whom FLOW 800 ICG videoangiography was used. They harbored aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF), or hemangioblastoma. Patients' characteristics, FLOW 800 data, and clinical findings were recorded. Color map data were readily available intraoperatively and guided surgery. RESULTS The cohort included 10 patients with AVMs, 11 with aneurysms, 1 with dAVF, and 1 with hemangioblastoma. Approximately two thirds of patients underwent intraoperative angiography. FLOW 800 data provided semiquantitative data regarding localization, flow status in major feeding arteries, and dominance of the arterialized draining veins for AVMs, more than data from ICG videoangiography alone. For complex aneurysms, color maps confirmed relative adequate flow in parent and branching vessels. For the foramen magnum dAVF, the location of the dominant transdural connection was appreciated only via flow analysis. Flow analysis created the blood flow map of a large complex solid brainstem hemangioblastoma and guided devascularization. All FLOW 800 findings agreed with intraoperative and postoperative angiography. CONCLUSIONS ICG videoangiography with FLOW 800 analysis can provide semiquantitative and relative flow magnitude data that are efficient and noninvasive. This process helps identify early arterialized veins and their flow status during AVM and dAVF surgery and can confirm adequate relative flow within branching vessels during aneurysm surgery when clip-induced stenosis is suspected.
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- Kushal J Shah
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine and Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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Vassallo R, Kasuya H, Lo BWY, Peters T, Xiao Y. Augmented reality guidance in cerebrovascular surgery using microscopic video enhancement. Healthc Technol Lett 2018; 5:158-161. [PMID: 30464846 PMCID: PMC6222178 DOI: 10.1049/htl.2018.5069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cerebrovascular surgery treats vessel abnormalities in the brain and spinal cord, including arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and aneurysms. These procedures often involve clipping the vessels feeding blood to these abnormalities, making accurate classification of blood vessel types (feeding versus draining) important during surgery. Previous work to guide the intraoperative identification of the vessels included augmented reality (AR) using pre-operative images, injected dyes, and Doppler ultrasound, but each with their drawbacks. The authors propose and demonstrate a novel technique to help differentiate vessels by enhancing short videos of a few seconds from the surgical microscope using motion magnification and spectral analysis, and constructing AR views that fuse the analysis results as intuitive colourmaps and the surgical microscopic view. They demonstrated the proposed technique retrospectively with two real cerebrovascular surgical cases: one AVM and one aneurysm. The results showed that the proposed technique can help characterise different vessel types (feeding and draining the abnormality), which agree with those identified by the operating surgeon.
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- Reid Vassallo
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Canada.,Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Centre East, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Canada.,Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
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Preoperative 3-Dimensional Angiography Data and Intraoperative Real-Time Vascular Data Integrated in Microscope-Based Navigation by Automatic Patient Registration Applying Intraoperative Computed Tomography. World Neurosurg 2018; 113:e414-e425. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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